Search Tag: Breathing
2024 30 Apr
Understanding respiratory drive is crucial in managing critically ill patients. Recent data suggest high and low respiratory drive can negatively impact patient outcomes. However, “respiratory drive” can be ambiguous without understanding its determinants and underlying pathophysiology. In critically ill patients, ventilatory demands reflected...Read more
2019 14 Mar
According to new research, critically ill patients can be more successfully weaned from a mechanical ventilator if they have higher levels of wakefulness and if both their right and left brains experience the same depth of sleep. The article titled "Sleep and Pathological Wakefulness at Time of Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation" is published in...Read more